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Chapter-01 HSK-A
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Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 人 |
Jen is a picture of the object,—Shakespeare's forked radish. Like all Chinese characters, it is the expression of a root idea, humanity, collectively and individually; and its grammatical functions vary in accordance with its position in a sentence and the exigencies of logic. |
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 人 |
Jen is in the possessive case by position and by logical requirements. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
人
rén
man/person/people/CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Phrases ending with the given character
一一yī
个個gè
人人rén
by oneself (without assistance)/alone (without company)
一yī
家jiā
人rén
household/the whole family
一yī
般bān
人rén
average person
不bù
求qiú
人rén
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
中中zhōng
国國guó
人人rén
Chinese person
中中zhōng
间間jiān
人人rén
intermediary/mediator
主zhǔ
持chí
人rén
TV or radio presenter/host/anchor
人人rén
传傳chuán
人人rén
transmitted person-to-person
代dài
理lǐ
人rén
agent
代dài
言yán
人rén
spokesperson
令令lìng
导導dǎo
人人rén
leader/usually written 領導人|领导人
何何hé
许許xǔ
人人rén
(literary) what kind of person
作zuò
古gǔ
人rén
to die/to pass away
俄俄é
国國guó
人人rén
Russian (person)
保保bǎo
证證zhèng
人人rén
guarantor/bailor
保保bǎo
护護hù
人人rén
guardian/carer/patron
修xiū
行xíng
人rén
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
个個gè
中中zhōng
人人rén
a person in the know
候候hòu
选選xuǎn
人人rén
candidate/CL:名[ming2]
借借jiè
债債zhài
人人rén
debtor/borrower
借jiè
款kuǎn
人rén
the borrower
假jiǎ
善shàn
人rén
false compassion/bogus charity
传傳chuán
话話huà
人人rén
messenger/communicator/relay
债債zhài
务務wù
人人rén
debtor
债債zhài
权權quán
人人rén
creditor
克kè
隆lóng
人rén
clone human
公公gōng
诉訴sù
人人rén
district attorney/public prosecutor/procurator
公公gōng
证證zhèng
人人rén
notary/actuary
出chū
品pǐn
人rén
producer (film)
出chū
家jiā
人rén
monk/nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
创創chuàng
始始shǐ
人人rén
creator/founder/initiator
创創chuàng
立立lì
人人rén
founder
创創chuàng
办辦bàn
人人rén
founder (of an institution etc)
勿wù
求qiú
人rén
see 不求人[bu4 qiu2 ren2]
北běi
京jīng
人rén
Beijing resident/Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing
半半bàn
个個ge
人人rén
(not) a single person/(no) one
协協xié
调調tiáo
人人rén
coordinator
印yìn
度dù
人rén
Indian (person)/CL:個|个[ge4]/Indian people
印印yìn
欧歐ōu
人人rén
Indo-European (person)
参參cān
选選xuǎn
人人rén
election participant/candidate
叔shū
丈zhàng
人rén
wife's uncle
受shòu
保bǎo
人rén
the insured person/the person covered by an insurance policy
受shòu
刑xíng
人rén
person being executed/victim of corporal punishment/person serving a sentence
受shòu
害hài
人rén
victim
受shòu
益yì
人rén
the beneficiary/the person who benefits
受受shòu
托託tuō
人人rén
(law) trustee
召zhào
集jí
人rén
convener
史shǐ
前qián
人rén
prehistoric man
吃chī
豆dòu
人rén
Pac-Man (computer game)
合hé
伙huǒ
人rén
partner/associate
合hé
夥huǒ
人rén
variant of 合伙人[he2 huo3 ren2]
同tóng
路lù
人rén
fellow traveler/comrade
同同tóng
龄齡líng
人人rén
peer/one's contemporary/person of the same age
吴吳wú
趼趼jiǎn
人人rén
Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状
周zhōu
作zuò
人rén
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
周周zhōu
树樹shù
人人rén
Zhou Shuren, the real name of author Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅
哈hā
比bǐ
人rén
Hobbit/see also 霍比特人[Huo4 bi3 te4 ren2]
哥gē
特tè
人rén
Goth (e.g. Ostrogoth or Visigoth)
喵miāo
星xīng
人rén
cat (Internet slang)
回huí
族zú
人rén
Hui person/member of Hui ethnic group living across China
土tǔ
著zhù
人rén
indigenous person/aboriginal
执執zhí
行行xíng
人人rén
executioner (hangman)/business executor
报報bào
录錄lù
人人rén
bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)
外外wài
来來lái
人人rén
foreigner
外外wài
国國guó
人人rén
foreigner
外wài
地dì
人rén
stranger/outsider
外外wài
场場cháng
人人rén
sophisticated, worldly person/man of the world
外wài
星xīng
人rén
space alien/extraterrestrial
外wài
邦bāng
人rén
gentile
外外wài
乡鄉xiāng
人人rén
a stranger/out-of-towner
大dà
忙máng
人rén
busy bee/very busy person
天天tiān
龙龍lóng
人人rén
(slang) (Tw) person from Taipei 臺北|台北[Tai2 bei3]
太tài
夫fū
人rén
(old) dowager/old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
太tài
空kōng
人rén
astronaut
套tào
中zhōng
人rén
a conservative
奠diàn
基jī
人rén
founder/pioneer
女nǚ
主zhǔ
人rén
hostess/mistress
女女nǚ
强強qiáng
人人rén
successful career woman/able woman
委wěi
托tuō
人rén
(law) client/trustor
嫌xián
疑yí
人rén
a suspect
孔孔kǒng
圣聖shèng
人人rén
the Sage Confucius
守守shǒu
门門mén
人人rén
gatekeeper
客kè
家jiā
人rén
Hakka people
寄jì
件jiàn
人rén
sender
审審shěn
稿稿gǎo
人人rén
reviewer (of a paper)
小xiǎo
女nǚ
人rén
dainty and delicate girl/concubine
小xiǎo
年nián
人rén
younger old person/young retiree
小小xiǎo
绿綠lǜ
人人rén
little green men from Mars
局jú
中zhōng
人rén
participant/protagonist/a player (in this affair)
带帶dài
路路lù
人人rén
a guide/fig. instructor
年年nián
轻輕qīng
人人rén
young people/youngster
广廣guǎng
东東dōng
人人rén
Cantonese (people)
德德dé
国國guó
人人rén
German person or people
心xīn
上shàng
人rén
sweetheart/one's beloved
急jí
性xìng
人rén
impetuous person/excitable person
意yì
中zhōng
人rén
sweetheart/one's true love/the person of one's thoughts
成chéng
年nián
人rén
adult person
承chéng
包bāo
人rén
contractor
承chéng
租zū
人rén
leaser/tenant
承承chéng
让讓ràng
人人rén
grantee (law)
承承chéng
运運yùn
人人rén
carrier (of goods etc)
承承chéng
销銷xiāo
人人rén
sales agent/salesman/consignee/underwriter
投tóu
保bǎo
人rén
policy holder/insured person
投投tóu
资資zī
人人rén
investor
持chí
卡kǎ
人rén
cardholder
持chí
有yǒu
人rén
holder
捕bǔ
禽qín
人rén
bird-catcher/fowler
捷jié
克kè
人rén
Czech person
采採cǎi
珠珠zhū
人人rén
The Pearl Fishers, 1863 opera by Georges Bizet 比才[Bi4 cai2]
接jiē
棒bàng
人rén
successor
接jiē
班bān
人rén
successor
提tí
告gào
人rén
plaintiff
提tí
案àn
人rén
proposer
摩摩mó
尔爾ěr
人人rén
a Moor
撰zhuàn
稿gǎo
人rén
author (of a manuscript)
收shōu
件jiàn
人rén
recipient (of mail)/To: (email header)
收收shōu
报報bào
人人rén
recipient (of mail or a message)
收shōu
容róng
人rén
inmate
收收shōu
货貨huò
人人rén
addressee/consignee
日rì
本běn
人rén
Japanese person or people
明míng
眼yǎn
人rén
perspicacious person/sb with a discerning eye/sighted person (as opposed to blind)
普pǔ
通tōng
人rén
ordinary person/private citizen/people/the person in the street
月yuè
氏zhī
人rén
Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia/same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人
有yǒu
些xiē
人rén
some people
有yǒu
心xīn
人rén
resolute person/person with aspirations/people who feel/people who use their heads
有yǒu
情qíng
人rén
lovers
有有yǒu
钱錢qián
人人rén
the rich/the wealthy
朝朝cháo
鲜鮮xiǎn
人人rén
North Korean (person)
未wèi
亡wáng
人rén
a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times)
本本běn
国國guó
人人rén
natives of one's own country
本běn
地dì
人rén
native person (of a country)
本běn
省shěng
人rén
people of this province/(in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
李lǐ
劼jié
人rén
Li Jieren (1891-1962), novelist
枕枕zhěn
边邊biān
人人rén
the person who shares your bed/partner/spouse
植zhí
物wù
人rén
person in a vegetative state/human vegetable
机機jī
器器qì
人人rén
mechanical person/robot/android
欧歐ōu
洲洲zhōu
人人rén
European (person)
残殘cán
疾疾jí
人人rén
disabled person
每每měi
个個ge
人人rén
everybody/everyone
毛máo
利lì
人rén
Maori, indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
汪wāng
星xīng
人rén
dog (Internet slang)
河hé
洛luò
人rén
Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
法法fǎ
国國guó
人人rén
Frenchman/French person
注注zhù
册冊cè
人人rén
registrant
洛luò
克kè
人rén
Rockman or Mega Man (video game series)
涉shè
嫌xián
人rén
(criminal) suspect
泼潑pō
贱賤jiàn
人人rén
slut/tramp (old)
滥濫làn
好好hǎo
人人rén
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
火huǒ
星xīng
人rén
Martian
烂爛làn
好好hǎo
人人rén
sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
牧mù
羊yáng
人rén
shepherd
牧牧mù
马馬mǎ
人人rén
herdsman (of horses)/wrangler
牵牽qiān
线線xiàn
人人rén
a controller
犹猶yóu
太太tài
人人rén
Jew
猎獵liè
头頭tóu
人人rén
head-hunter/headhunter/recruiter
现現xiàn
代代dài
人人rén
modern man/Homo sapiens
瑞ruì
典diǎn
人rén
Swede
瑞ruì
士shì
人rén
Swiss (person)
玛瑪mǎ
雅雅yǎ
人人rén
Maya peoples
什甚shén
么麼me
人人rén
who?/which person?
申申shēn
请請qǐng
人人rén
applicant
异異yì
乡鄉xiāng
人人rén
stranger
当當dāng
事事shì
人人rén
persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)
发發fā
件件jiàn
人人rén
sender (of mail)/From: (email header)
发發fā
报報bào
人人rén
sender (of a message)
发發fā
明明míng
人人rén
inventor
发發fā
行行xíng
人人rén
publisher/issuer
发發fā
言言yán
人人rén
spokesperson
发發fā
起起qǐ
人人rén
proposer/initiator/founding member
白bái
相xiàng
人rén
(dialect) rogue/hoodlum
监監jiān
察察chá
人人rén
supervisor/monitor/watchdog
监監jiān
督督dū
人人rén
superintendent
监監jiān
护護hù
人人rén
guardian
直zhí
立lì
人rén
Homo erectus
相xiāng
配pèi
人rén
match (couple)/persons well suited for each other
看看kān
门門mén
人人rén
janitor/watchman
看看kàn
鸟鳥niǎo
人人rén
a bird-watcher
睡shuì
美měi
人rén
Sleeping Beauty
知zhī
情qíng
人rén
person in the know/insider/informed source
矮ǎi
黑hēi
人rén
black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people)
社shè
工gōng
人rén
social worker
祖祖zǔ
鲁魯lǔ
人人rén
Zulu people
秦qín
越yuè
人rén
Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills
稻dào
草cǎo
人rén
scarecrow
穴xué
居jū
人rén
cave man
策策cè
划劃huà
人人rén
sponsor/plotter/schemer
管guǎn
理lǐ
人rén
supervisor/manager/administrator
纳納nà
税稅shuì
人人rén
taxpayer
纽紐niǔ
约約yuē
人人rén
New Yorker
经經jīng
手手shǒu
人人rén
the person in charge/agent/broker
经經jīng
济濟jì
人人rén
Homo economicus
经經jīng
纪紀jì
人人rén
broker/middleman/agent/manager
维維wéi
京京jīng
人人rén
Vikings
继繼jì
承承chéng
人人rén
heir/successor
罗羅luó
姆姆mǔ
人人rén
Romani, an ethnic group of Europe
美美měi
国國guó
人人rén
American/American person/American people/CL:個|个[ge4]
老lǎo
丈zhàng
人ren
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
老lǎo
好hǎo
人rén
one who tries never to offend anybody
老老lǎo
妇婦fù
人人rén
old lady (term of modesty)
老lǎo
年nián
人rén
old people/the elderly
联聯lián
系繫xì
人人rén
contact (person)
自zì
家jiā
人rén
sb with whom one is on familiar terms/sb from the same place (same house, same town etc)/one of us
自zì
己jǐ
人rén
those on our side/ourselves/one's own people/one of us
自zì
然rán
人rén
natural person (law)/see also 法人[fa3 ren2]
英英yīng
国國guó
人人rén
British person/British people
庄莊zhuāng
稼稼jia
人人rén
(coll.) farmer
菅jiān
直zhí
人rén
KAN Naoto (1946-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister from 2010
蒙měng
古gǔ
人rén
Mongol
萨薩sà
米米mǐ
人人rén
the Sami people, indigenous people in northern Scandinavia
藏zàng
族zú
人rén
Tibetan (person)
藏藏cáng
镜鏡jìng
人人rén
man behind the mirror/puppet master/string puller
蜘zhī
蛛zhū
人rén
Spider-Man, see 蜘蛛俠|蜘蛛侠/nickname of French skyscraper climber Alain Robert (1962-)/person who scales the outer walls of a building as a stunt or for building maintenance
袖xiù
珍zhēn
人rén
little person/midget/dwarf
被bèi
保bǎo
人rén
insured person/insurance policyholder
被bèi
告gào
人rén
defendant (in legal case)
被bèi
害hài
人rén
victim
裂裂liè
脑腦nǎo
人人rén
commissurotomy
制製zhì
片片piàn
人人rén
moviemaker/filmmaker/producer
西xī
方fāng
人rén
Westerner/Occidental
西xī
洋yáng
人rén
Westerner
西xī
藏zàng
人rén
Tibetan (person)
见見jiàn
证證zhèng
人人rén
eyewitness (to an incident)/witness (to a legal transaction)
诺諾nuò
曼曼màn
人人rén
Normans (people)
证證zhèng
婚婚hūn
人人rén
wedding witness
读讀dú
书書shū
人人rén
scholar/intellectual
负負fù
责責zé
人人rén
person in charge
责責zé
任任rèn
人人rén
responsible person/coordinator
贵貴guì
妇婦fù
人人rén
dame
贷貸dài
款款kuǎn
人人rén
the lender
辅輔fǔ
导導dǎo
人人rén
tutor
辩辯biàn
护護hù
人人rén
defender/defending counsel
过過guò
来來lái
人人rén
an experienced person/sb who has 'been around (the block)'/sb who has personally experienced it
过過guò
路路lù
人人rén
a passer-by
选選xuǎn
举舉jǔ
人人rén
voter/elector
边邊biān
缘緣yuán
人人rén
marginalized people (not part of mainstream society)/marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either)
那那nà
个個gè
人人rén
lit. that person/fig. the person you have been looking for/Mr Right/the girl of one's dreams
乡鄉xiāng
下下xià
人人rén
country folk/rustic/rural folk
野野yě
蛮蠻mán
人人rén
barbarian
开開kāi
车車chē
人人rén
driver/person driving a vehicle
阅閱yuè
听聽tīng
人人rén
audience (Tw)
陌mò
生shēng
人rén
stranger
陌mò
路lù
人rén
stranger
双雙shuāng
立立lì
人人rén
J. A. Henckels (brand)
青qīng
年nián
人rén
young person/the young
非fēi
洲zhōu
人rén
African (person)
鞑韃dá
靼靼dá
人人rén
Tatar (person)
韩韓hán
国國guó
人人rén
Korean (person)
领領lǐng
导導dǎo
人人rén
leader
养養yǎng
蜂蜂fēng
人人rén
beekeeper/apiculturist
香xiāng
港gǎng
人rén
Hong Kong person or people
香xiāng
蕉jiāo
人rén
banana person (yellow outside, white inside)/mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans/Westernized person of Asian appearance
马馬mǎ
来來lái
人人rén
Malay person or people
驯馴xùn
马馬mǎ
人人rén
horse trainer
驾駕jià
驶駛shǐ
人人rén
(car, van) driver
鲁魯lǔ
国國guó
人人rén
person from Shandong/often refers to Confucius
鹤鶴hè
佬佬lǎo
人人rén
Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
黄黃huáng
种種zhǒng
人人rén
yellow man/Mongoloid (old term)